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[33] Design for a ceiling for the drawing room, 1770, possibly executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 12/24
Purpose
[33] Design for a ceiling for the drawing room, 1770, possibly executed
Aspect
Plan of a ceiling formed with compartments bordered with alternatively plain bands and bands of calyx, and with figurative ovals set within bands of fluting and guilloche. This is surrounded by ovals ornamented with arabesques supporting urns flanked by winged griffins, and by figurative roundels enclosed within a band of rosettes and surrounded by calyx supporting anthemia. The long sides are ornamented with semi-circular figurative panels bordered with bands of fluting and of calyx, and this is flanked by pedestals supporting urns. The ceiling is alternatively bordered with lozenges enclosing rosettes and with scrolled hearts and rosettes
Scale
bar scale of 6 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Cieling for the Drawing room at Luton / 24. / N (pencil) / faint pencil inscriptions / Jorchino (?) / Giallo / Bruno / Verde Chiero (?) / Verde / Rygo (?) / Violacco / faint pencil inscription and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 1770
1770
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and colour washes including pink, olive green, cerulean blue, Indian red and violet on laid paper (575 x 446)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Giuseppe Manocchi
Office hand, possibly Giuseppe Manocchi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 21
King, 2001, Volume I, pp. 122, 122 n.20
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume I, pp. 122, 122 n.20
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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